Although what Xu Yuan buried were all hidden lines, the situation inside the Trial Grounds now, he had already taken control of more than half.

Within the entire Trial Grounds, he alone could control roughly when the Trial Grounds would end.

Hearing Rookie's words, Entity 303 couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"You really got some nerve, huh?"

"Just tossing all the problems straight onto my lord?"

"My lord is capable, sure, but you can't just keep plucking wool off the same sheep…"

Entity 303 said this with his mouth, but in his heart he was already grinning ear to ear.

What Rookie had just said was without a doubt praising Xu Yuan's abilities.

Entity 303 instantly had that kind of feeling, like when your parent gets praised, and as the child you feel super proud.

Entity 303's little facial expressions naturally couldn't escape Rookie's eyes. Since he was asking for help, Rookie didn't mind tossing in a few more compliments. As long as he praised until Entity 303 was happy, this matter would be a guaranteed success.

"Who told your lord to be so capable, huh?"

"This Trial Grounds is basically just a chessboard in his hands."

"Checkmate, when and how, it's all up to him."

"If there were anyone else inside the Trial Grounds like that, I wouldn't have to bother you with this, would I…"

This whole rainbow-flattery from Rookie finally managed to get Entity 303 thoroughly comfortable.

Entity 303 even felt it strange, hearing others praise Xu Yuan felt even better than hearing others praise himself.

"Alright, alright, say any more and it'll sound fake."

"Since you can control the timing of the Void's materialization, then just give me an exact day."

"So I can at least give my king a solid answer. If it's all vague and uncertain, I won't be able to explain it."

Rookie nodded, mentally calculated for a moment, then said, "Five days from now."

"Controlling the Void's materialization speed to around three days is better. If it's too slow, it'll arouse the Void's suspicion, who knows what kind of crap it'll pull then."

"After the Void materializes, leaving two to three days of vacuum period is best. Too short, and we might not gather any solid evidence. Too long, and I fear they'll set up too many schemes."

No doubt about it, with Rookie's addition, things were way easier for Entity 303. Rookie was like a mission guide, straight-up telling you when to do what.

And his "guidance" was all carefully calculated, which was way better than back when Entity 303 was all alone, fighting solo.

A capable "virtuous wife" like Rookie (not really) truly was something.

"Alright."

"Then you come with me. Let's go tell Pengpeng."

"My brain's been zapped for too long, it's still buzzing. Afraid I'll forget something important…"

———

[Inside the Nether Bunker]

After Pengpeng finished arranging a bunch of matters, he was just about to log off when Rookie and Entity 303 appeared in front of him.

Seeing the suddenly appearing Entity 303 and Rookie, Pengpeng didn't bother with pleasantries, he went straight to the point.

"What's up? Hurry it up, I was just about to blow up Black Blade's phone with calls."

Black Blade never replied to messages, so whenever Pengpeng had something urgent, he just spammed him with calls.

Seeing this, Rookie laid out the entire current plan.

While listening to Rookie's plan, Pengpeng silently opened up his notepad.

Pengpeng originally had plenty of confidence in his memory, but this amount of information was honestly overwhelming.

He never would've thought that after Rookie joined, in such a short time he'd already sorted out so many clues.

And even mapped out a plan.

"Slow down… let me write this down first…"

Pengpeng was sweating buckets.

After jotting down all the key points, Pengpeng finally spoke.

"Since we're going to control the Void's power-gathering speed, should I still keep boosting the debunking posts on the forum?"

Rookie thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"Don't push it too hard. Just stick a featured tag on it, that's enough, no need to pin it."

"At that level, about half the players will believe it, half won't."

"With things like that, we'll have better control."

Hearing Rookie's words, Pengpeng nodded.

"Alright."

"I'll go over the things I need to pass on again with you…"

Pengpeng was thorough in his work, he re-explained all the points to Rookie and Entity 303. After both Rookie and Entity 303 confirmed repeatedly, only then did Pengpeng breathe a sigh of relief.

"Nothing else, right?"

"Then I can log off now?"

Entity 303's head was already buzzing from being struck by lightning too long. Seeing Pengpeng drag things out like this, he couldn't hold back a jab.

"Hurry up and scram! You're a grown man, quit dawdling!"

After logging off, Pengpeng immediately began furiously bombarding Black Blade with calls.

What Black Blade didn't know was, answering that call nearly made him miss the entry time for the Trial Grounds.

A full 57 minutes, Pengpeng talked for a full 57 minutes.

Luckily, Black Blade kept his eye on the clock and cut him off in time.

"Got it, got it, quit repeating!!"

"I damn near memorized it already!"

"I know the situation's serious, I'll pass it all on to my king word for word!! Don't worry!"

Finally hanging up the phone, Black Blade went to the bathroom, then reentered the game pod.

As soon as he entered the Trial Grounds, he immediately went looking for Xu Yuan.

Coincidentally, Xu Yuan was right in the rainforest area.

This time he came to the rainforest mainly to bring over a batch of equipment.

That long-prepared trading chain was finally starting to run successfully.

Naturally, this equipment was supplied to the rainforest forces first, after all, the rainforest was the first region to start outward trade.

The rainforest had to be armed first.

Xu Yuan was just about to discuss the next plan with Black Blade.

But seeing Black Blade's heavy, brooding look, he could pretty much guess, Black Blade must have gotten news from the main world.

However, seeing Black Blade look so grim, Xu Yuan instead felt a sense of relief.

Honestly, even without Black Blade saying, Xu Yuan could guess, it was most likely the Void problem.

The reason Xu Yuan felt relieved was because this was something he had already anticipated.

He'd always known, the Void would take advantage of the Trial Grounds to quickly gather power.

Before, when the main world had no movement at all, Xu Yuan had been worried, wondering if the Void was holding back some huge trump card.

Now it seemed the Void was still following its original plan, nothing too unexpected.

"Go on, tell me."

———

[Half an Hour Later]

Black Blade wiped his sweat and finally let out a breath.

"That's all the information Pengpeng told me…"

After he finished, Xu Yuan froze for a second.

"That's it?"

Hearing those two words, Black Blade nearly fainted.

"That's it? What do you mean that's it?"

Such a massive amount of information, so many thorny problems, and Xu Yuan's tone made it sound like he was complaining there wasn't enough.

"Uh…"

"That's… it… I guess?"

Seeing Black Blade's dumbfounded look, Xu Yuan chuckled and said, "From what you've relayed to me, the main world's progress is actually not bad."

"Better than I expected, honestly."

Black Blade thought he'd misheard.

'Progress… not bad?? How??'

From Pengpeng's tone, Entity 303 must've been on the verge of panic.

After the Void materialized, if Notch was still in the Trial Grounds, they'd definitely target Entity 303 first.

Under Xu Yuan's command, only Entity 303 was invincible, if the others didn't find shelter, they might never be seen again.

And besides that problem, Rookie had also tossed the responsibility of controlling the Trial Grounds' timing right onto Xu Yuan.

Even if things looked optimistic for Xu Yuan right now, a lot was uncertain.

And without any power in the main world, how could he possibly have full control?

Thinking this, even someone as steady as Black Blade couldn't keep calm, he was just about to speak, when Xu Yuan cut him off.

"The two problems that need me to solve right now, honestly, I don't see them as that difficult."

"Sure, Rookie tossed both of them my way."

"But the fact that Entity 303 is in touch with Rookie, that's a huge pleasant surprise for me."

"The main world's progress is currently the best-case scenario."

Maybe in Black Blade's eyes, the news from the main world was terrible.

But to Xu Yuan, the progress there was actually beyond his expectations.

Leaving everything else aside, just getting connected with Rookie was already a big gain.

And the fact was, Rookie had already joined them, standing firmly on Xu Yuan's side.

Just like Entity 303 thought in the beginning, Rookie truly was a trump card.

His existence gave Xu Yuan's side much more room for error.

At the critical moment, he could play a massive role.

Originally, just having such a trump card to pull out when necessary would've been enough.

But unexpectedly, Rookie turned into a workhorse, arranging all the main world's progress neatly and completely.

Xu Yuan had once worried that Entity 303 alone might not be able to hold up.

Now, with Rookie helping him, Xu Yuan was completely reassured.

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